Anyone want to join me to lose 10lbs??

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Hi I weigh 10 st 9lbs and want to get to below 10st. Just going to be watching what I eat, walking the dog, couple of gym sessions and cutting down on the wine.

Anybody want to join me

Tiger bread is normally like a French stick with a really tasted crunchy top, not sure what is in it but it's addictive and before you know it half is gone plus a tub of lurpack. The one one I bought was a sliced loaf from Warburton with the same topping. It's 90 cals a slice and Managed to only have one with butter so kept in my limit yesterday.

Welcome lullaby, I've not heard of that diet before. I'm trying to have healthy foods and am limiting to 1200 cals a day. I like the simple maths of it, I eat less than I use. I have a long way to go though so might swap if I stop losing with calorie counting alone.

Oh, well done Lunar ! Tiger bread is basically carby crack, so to only have 1 slice is a huuuge display of willpower. No tiger bread will enter my shopping basket henceforth, as there is no way that I could resist it. In fact I'll stick to online shopping for a bit so I can avoid the instore bakery those smells!! completely. Top ups of fresh fruit and veg from market mid week.

Evenin' all.

Dreading the weigh in tomorrow. It's been a calorific week. Two pub meals out. Wine and crisps as standard after DC in bed. We've had MIL staying so restraint has gone out of the window. Waist is back up to 30". I'm so scared of the scales tomorrow!

On a positive note I have exercised 3x this week and have made plans for 4x this coming week.

Tomorrow is a new day and I'm going to be very strict. No crap. Two evenings I'm going to skip dinner. not sure I can give up the wine habit though

To top it off I've just wolfed down 635 calories of salted almonds. 625!!!!

I just hope I'm not back to square one.

Not looking forward to the scales either. I was attacked by a plate of cheesy garlic bread and two slices of birthday cake today.

Oh lunar, DS's leftover mauled cheesy garlic bread attacked me only yesterday. The cheesy garlic breads know what they're doing.

We need to be brave and face the scales

Lost slightly over 3lbs this week so am now 16st 6lbs. It would have been 4 if not for the carb fest yesterday! Oh well, just 7lbs to go of this challenge, I'm aiming to be at my current goal of 15st 13lbs by September.

Well done Lunar!
Mrs D just get back on that wagon!
I found an appetite again so I have no idea how this week has gone really but am just trying to be sensible whilst eating up the crapness of what left lurking in the freezers. Weigh in on Wed for me

happy Monday. Starting the Dukan Diet today after a calorific weekend. Unfortunately can't exercise as had treatment on my foot, so out of action for the week.

Happy weight lose for the week.

It's a new week now mrs d, we will not be attacked by any carbs!

Good luck for the weigh in on weds dotty. And good luck for your new diet lullaby, when can you exercise again?

Hopefully by Saturday.....half way though the day and so far stuck to the diet....need to get over the 3pm munchy hour!!

Hi everyone, im back

Weighed this morning and no loss but given that Ive been in London for almost a week with the dcs, eating out and drinking wine every night that's not so bad!!!

Back to the healthy eating tomorrow. Lots of water and green tea needed to flush out the effects of the bad carbs. Im going to go for it this week and set myself a mini-goal to lose 2lbs this week. Won't starve myself, will cut down on the carbs again, eat clean and do plenty of exercise.

Hope you all have had a great day x

Well done not gaining change, being away from home makes it so much harder. I've had a fairly good day and stuck to 1200 cals, unfortunately that included a snickers bar!

Well done change, I echo what lunar said about it being harder being away from home. In fact, I believe that any diversion from normal routine makes losing weight that much harder.

Today's been ok. Porridge, slice of quiche and salad, 2 tiny 39 calorie biscuits, and spag Bol. Went to a metafit class. plus a glass of wine Actually, my day hasn't been so great, really, honestly, has it??!

I'm definitely sort of back on the wagon dotty - DSIL who has always been a good stone heavier than me phoned today, she's lost weight, and coupled with me being heavier than what I usually was am, we now weigh the same! This can not be!!! We are both attending a family wedding in a month or so, so I need to sort this shit out!

Please can you lot tell me bad stuff about biscuits and wine (and if I'm baring all here, haribos too)? Please? That's my massive downfall. Thank you.

MrsD, when I need to get back on plan I have to almost 'zone out' and not over think it otherwise my mind drifts to what (usually very unhealthy food) I am denying myself. I go on automatic pilot mode, make sure I have lots of healthy food in the house and like the nike ad I tell myself to 'just do it'
Once I have a day or two of healthy eating, with lots of protein, then I lose the cravings for the bad carbs and other nonsense that I can graze on mindlessly.

Maybe try to think of how much nourishnent your body is getting instead of focusing on calories initially. And ill say it again. ..protein is the way to go! I ate well when I was away until about day 4 of my trip when I had a carbheavy meal. Itspiralled out of control the next few days after that.

As for the wine...Im no use with that. I know I drink farrrrrr too much red wine
Tonight's my first alcohol free night in about a fortnight oh dear!!

Thanks change yes I do tend to overthink things. You're right - I need to focus on the good stuff, not on what I am denying myself (the bad stuff).

Well done on going booze free tonight. I cracked because I was worried I wouldn't sleep and it does help me drop off (but then I'm restless from about 3am onwards...). I'm stuck in a wine habit which I'm scared to stop as I struggle to wind down and get off to sleep without it

MrsD you are not alone, I worry about my red wine habit too. Ive got into a rut as well with it, so easy to rely on it to wind down after a full on day at work and with dcs.

It helps me fall asleep too but then I lie awake at 4am, feeling really annoyed with myself. I definitely stay asleep better without it but it feels weird spending a full evening without a glass or two. Ive got very strong associations with wine....chopping food to prepare dinner, nice glass of wine; kids in bed...nice glass of wine to unwind; bad day at work...nice glass of wine to destress...and so on!!

I think part of my weight gain is down to wine too. I went through a very stressful time over the last couple of years and I definitely have fallen into a bad habit with wine. Would normally have 2-3 glasses most nights
Plus it makes me want snacks like crisps!!!!

Im hoping to break the habit now but its not easy. Just need to break the associations and get into different ways to relax, easier said than done!

Just realised that probably sounds like I have a problem with alcohol - I'm pretty sure I don't!! I just go through phases where stress keeps me up and it helps me unwind...definitely not a permanent thing

xp change and yy to everything you said. You could be me!
Sometimes I have a cinnamon tea instead of wine in the evening, but I usually feel hard done by and then eat chocolate instead to compensate

Hope you are out of the stress you have had to deal with these past couple of years

MrsD, ...dont think you have problem with alcohol either!

But I definitely would like to break out of my habit of frequently pouring a glass or two most evenings, and have more alcohol free days than the 2-3 per week I normally do.. Its just empty calories that I should be doing without, no nutritional value at all!

Thanks, mrsd. Yes, things are getting better now. Dh walked out on me and dcs, was a complete nightmare at the time but feeling so much stronger now x

Have weighed in again this morning out of curiosity. ..have lost1.5lbs yayyyyy! Think it took a day or two to recover from some overeating at the end of our trip.

Feeling motivated again. Off to work now. Will eat well and try to take the dog for a good walk later. Back to gym tomorrow :)

Right, have been doing this for almost a week now so did my 1st weigh-in this morning. I've not found it hard to eat meals that aren't calorie-laden, what I have found very very hard is not ploughing my way through piles of cookies late evening.

I've been walking about 4 miles per day, at a very fast pace. The only time I ahve 'fallen off the wagon' was last night, when the Snack Attack hit and I ate almost a GIANT bag of crisps. I don't even like crisps that much! Trouble is, I'd no bought/made any cakes or biscuits, as I know I cannot resist them. So it seems, the only snacks I can have in the house are ones that I will not eat. So that's Salt & vinegar crisps then. Or twiglets.

Was a bit disappointed that I have only lost 1.2 pounds. Disappointed as I've really not eaten that much (apart from the crisps) - ie I could not cut out any more and still be healthy. Also I'd struggle to fit in more exercise. Plus I weighed myself naked and just after going to loo, I even took out my hair clip! And my starting weight was just at the end of my period, when I am at my biggest. Aren't you meant to lose most at the start?

Oh well, onwards and upwards! Unless it is scales/dress size, when I want a downwards direction please.